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New California law creates opportunities to waste less food - WTXL
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, it was estimated that 35 million people across the country suffered from food insecurity. That number has only increased. A new law in San Diego could set the stage for how the country starts to deal with food waste.
Thousands of pounds of food go through a Feeding San Diego facility every day. Patty O’Connor, the chief supply chain officer at Feeding San Diego, says her dad was a huge inspiration to the work she’s doing now.
“My father, who is no longer with us, was doing his own rescue, like fifteen, twenty years ago. He was going to the Trader Joe's every Tuesday and Saturday morning at 6:30 to pick up their leftover food because he knew they were going to throw it away. And he and another elderly gentleman would drive it to a local catholic charity actually, and give it to them every Tuesday and every Friday." O'Connor said.
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, it was estimated that 35 million people across the country suffered from food insecurity. That number has only increased. A new law in San Diego could set the stage for how the country starts to deal with food waste.
Thousands of pounds of food go through a Feeding San Diego facility every day. Patty O’Connor, the chief supply chain officer at Feeding San Diego, says her dad was a huge inspiration to the work she’s doing now.
“My father, who is no longer with us, was doing his own rescue, like fifteen, twenty years ago. He was going to the Trader Joe's every Tuesday and Saturday morning at 6:30 to pick up their leftover food because he knew they were going to throw it away. And he and another elderly gentleman would drive it to a local catholic charity actually, and give it to them every Tuesday and every Friday." O'Connor said.